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Re:Mexican Drug Gangs Kidnap Computer Hackers and Programmers by dagw on Tuesday March 27, 2012 @03:19AM (#3760446)
Random downvotes are a fact of life on HN, if for no other reason than the close proximity of the vote buttons (I know I've accidentally down-voted more than a couple of stories over the years). These things tend to correct themselves if you're patient and wait a few hours.
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Re:Mexican Drug Gangs Kidnap Computer Hackers and Programmers by hef19898 on Tuesday March 27, 2012 @03:28AM (#3760466)
Ah, that could be a reason. Again, no offense taken, I just wondered. There is no other thing like randomness to add some salt to life!
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Re:Mexican Drug Gangs Kidnap Computer Hackers and Programmers by Symmetry on Tuesday March 27, 2012 @10:23AM (#3761627)
Given how often it is that the first vote on a good comment is a downvote, I can't help but wonder if there are people who deliberately downvote good comments so their comments rise higher.
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